Randy Wray’s Blog

It happened again. Two sentences, 38 words that framed an entire day.

Reese and I sat at the counter of a local burger joint, the boys having a burger and bonding. Father and son talking about how together we could rule the universe. Oh wait a minute, that’s an entirely different story. We talked about life, the future and our crazy cat.

Madison and I had a catch out in the backyard, the old man is the catcher and his daughter is the pitcher. I have to wear shin guards and should wear a dixie cup, minus the dixie, because she throws so hard. We don’t talk much when we throw. We just laugh. It seems the favorite part is seeing how hard we can throw it to each other.

Beth and I ate dinner with a friend and saw Colin Hay in concert. It had been a while since Beth and I had been to a concert. The dinner was excellent and the concert was most excellent. The specifics of the seating arrangement at the venue (tables and chairs) required us to sit close. No complaints here! We sat for an hour and a half and listened to a very talented singer, song-writer, guitar player. I could blog for a week about the guitars and the guitar playing!

When he began to sing these words, the song from his first encore,

Any minute now my ship is coming in
I’ll keep checking the horizon
And I’ll stand on the bow
And feel the waves come crashing
Come crashing down, down, down on me

And you said,”Be still, my love
Open up your heart
Let the light shine in”
Don’t you understand?
I already have a plan
I’m waiting for my real life to begin

I had tears in my eyes.

I thought about my lunch with Reese. I thought about playing catch with Madison in the yard. I thought about dinner with our friend. I thought about being there in that moment with Beth and knew I didn’t have to wait any longer for my real life to begin.

Two sentences, 38 words that framed an entire day:

I assume you have had moments like this when you were caught up in something so much bigger than yourself that you couldn’t even put it in words. What is it about certain things that ignite something within?